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Gunboat or showboat: Can the Navy truly sustain a long war with Iran?
Middle East

Gunboat or showboat: Can the Navy truly sustain a long war with Iran?

Trump has reimposed a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, but to do so, the US will have to concentrate all its deployable ships in one place

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Asia-Pacific

Thinking twice about that US-China superwar

Imagine a globe-spanning naval battle with both sides interdicting commerce, a collapse in Asian trade, mounting losses, far worse than the current Iran war

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QiOSK

Navy to 'guide' vessels through the Hormuz Strait. Well, sort of.

Update: Trump announced a pause on 'Project Freedom' gambit after only two ships gained passage in two days

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Middle East

The UK must continue 'turning a blind eye' to Trump's war demands

The U.S.-Israel conflict is not a matter pertinent to NATO for the blindingly obvious reason that Washington is the aggressor and not the victim.

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QiOSK

After sinking Iranian ship, did the US Navy commit a war crime?

Hegseth says rules of engagement are 'stupid' but leaving survivors to drown violates laws America helped to put in place after World War II

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Military Industrial Complex

Trump's big, bad battleship will fail

At best, the Navy will receive three troublesome ships that will cost more than $10 billion each before then entire scheme is abandoned